van Nell Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

van Nell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Nell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa731:742,16051,964

van Nell Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Nell Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van Nell has its highest incidence in South Africa. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of van Nell.

How Common Is The Last Name van Nell? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,220,661st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of van Nell live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

van Nell is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 73 people, or 1 in 742,160. In South Africa van Nell is most prevalent in: Northern Cape, where 89 percent live, Western Cape, where 10 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent live.

van Nell Last Name Statistics demography

van Nell earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.81% less than the national average, earning R 88,380 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Nel93636/
van Neel883,160/
van Niel881,187/
von Nell887/
van Noel884/
van Nuel881/
van Neël881/
van Nuill821/
van Nuil75339/
Van-Neel7518/
van Ngli751/
Van-Nuill711/
Van-Nuil6312/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Nell
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